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Police officers join Metro Transit Police Department with big smiles, big hopes 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | April 6, 2022

Each of the new police officers sworn in by the Metro Transit Police Department this week described receiving their badges as one of the proudest moments of their lives. For Kongmeng Yang, the ceremony affirmed his decision to go back to school, [...]

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Right-place-right-time is routine, not heroic for these MTPD officers 

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Posted by Drew Kerr | March 18, 2022

Officers who helped save a man in crisis and threatening to jump from the parking ramp behind them include, from left to right: Sgt. Debra Wohlferd, Ofc. Jason Newkirk, Ofc. Sarah Boltz and Ofc. Sidney Jones. Officer Jason Newkirk was on [...]

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Officers, civilians recognized at annual police awards  

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Posted by Drew Kerr | Dec. 13, 2021

Sgt. Kelly Franco, the Metro Transit Police Department's 2020 Officer of the Year, at Union Depot Station. Over the past two years, Metro Transit police have put in long hours, confronted the risks of COVID-19, and responded to calls for [...]

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For Transit Police K-9s, exposure to transit begins on day one 

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| Aug. 26, 2021

K-9s that work with the Metro Transit Police Department will spend nearly a decade sniffing their way around trains, buses and boarding areas. So it only makes sense that their training would also take place in such an environment. And now [...]

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Transit Police help move nearly 400 people into permanent housing 

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Posted by Laura Baenen | Feb. 16, 2021

Nearly 400 people have found permanent housing in the two years since the Metro Transit Police Department and the Metropolitan Council's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) partnered to help those sheltering on transit. The first move-in [...]

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